Monique Crichlow is Director, Strategy & Policy Development at Compute Ontario, a publicly funded organization that coordinates supercomputing for research. She has extensive experience supporting transformational projects within the public sector and brings with her significant skill in the areas of policy, strategy and planning, government relations and program evaluation. In her role, Monique leads strategic initiatives that leverage policy to demonstrate the benefits of supercomputing and big data for Ontarians. Monique holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science for Glendon College at York University and a master’s degree in Health Administration from Johnson-Shoyoma School of Public Policy at the University of Regina.